Goat Cheese Pasta

by Lucas
Created • Updated

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Yields: 4 servings

Pasta in a creamy tomato, goat cheese, and mushroom sauce

Ingredients

  • 16 oz pasta
  • 24 oz marinara sauce
  • 1/2 package white mushrooms, sliced
  • 1/4 small onion or 1/8 large onion, chopped
  • 6 cloves garlic, diced
  • 1/2 tube semi-soft or soft goat cheese
  • 1 tbsp canola/vegetable/olive oil
  • optional seasonings: oregano, marjoram, garlic powder, red pepper flakes, white pepper, black pepper
  • "optional" topping: parmesan cheese

Directions

  1. Boil water for pasta in a pot.
  2. Heat cooking oil in a pan over medium-high heat.
  3. Once the water is boiling, add pasta to pot and cook according to directions, minus a minute or so.
  4. Once the oil is hot, add the onion and saute for about a minute. Then add garlic (and red pepper flakes if you want a bit of heat) and saute for a few more minutes.
  5. Add the mushrooms to the pan and continue sauteing.
  6. Once the mushrooms are all a little soft, reduce heat to low, wait a minute for the oil to cool a bit, then add the marinara sauce and stir.
  7. Continue heating the sauce on low while the pasta finishes cooking. Add any seasonings you like - oregano, marjoram, garlic powder, and black + white pepper all go well.
  8. Once the pasta is done, drain it and return to pot. Add olive oil if you like. Pour the sauce from the pan into the pasta.
  9. Add the goat cheese to the pasta in chunks. Heat the pot on low as you stir in the goat cheese until it's all melted and spread around, then turn it off.
  10. Serve with "optional" (it's really not, let's be real) parmesan cheese